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Military service
Service number:
114143
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
January 17, 1893
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 14, 1916
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Son of the late Albert Baggs and of Elizabeth Baggs, of 31, Bouverie St., Euston Rd., Bristol, England.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest William Baggs
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest William Baggs
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest William Baggs
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest William Baggs
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest William Baggs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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